The Long Run
on building a new world, slowly with intention
The Long Run
a thought after listening to Dave Fontenot on Invest like the Best:
social media shifts our relationship with time because you feel like there’s an endless number of things you have to sift through, and time starts to feel limited.
there's something about feeling a sense of abundant time that's really powerful and conducive to flow state - how do we
... See morelong-term thinking
musings on long-term thinking in a shortsighted world. we overestimate what we can do in a year, underestimate what we can do in 10 kinda thing.
Juan Orbea and • 91 cards
If you’ve never read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, it’ll change you https://t.co/28kz05eEAU
One of the hardest and loneliest battles you’ll have to fight as you work to build the life you want is maintaining unwavering self belief that you will make it despite having *nothing* to show for it over a 2-3 year period before you see “overnight” success. You’ll feel like an imposter telling others what you’re building and who you believe... See more
Bx.comSometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.
Allen Pike • An Unreasonable Amount of Time
“Later that same week, I chatted about this in a coaching session with Kristine Claghorn. I asked her, “Now that I am wiser and I know what happens when I burn out, how do I find joy in my work again?” And she asked me a question that changed my perspective instantly: “What would happen if you took the pressure off? What would work feel like then?”
... See moreJim Simons: "I’m not an extremely fast thinker myself; I just work hard."
That was all I needed to do—work hard, not fast. A paper I published in '68 took me five years. But it has had 1,850 citations. For a math paper, that’s an awful lot.
There’s too much emphasis on a person’s being able to answer questions quickly."
